WALLINGFORD, Conn., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Wallingford hydrogen-technology producer Proton Energy Systems (www.protonenergy.com) said today it earned a patent for its proprietary control system for regulating the purity and pressure of the hydrogen gas used to cool large electric power generators.

Proton Energy Systems, Inc., a leader in renewable hydrogen technology for transportation, power generation, research and industrial applications, was acquired last week from Distributed Energy Systems Corp. (OTCBB: DESCQ) by F9 Investments, LLC.

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A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.